AI data centers could nearly triple San Jose's energy use. Who pays the bill?
The Santa Clara County seat is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the West…
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A person with the power to approve a city? Wow, what could go wrong?
December 4, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The printed subtitle makes the problem clear: empowering an official…
Column: Is Trump already an outgoing duck?
After a long, unpleasant summer and fall, the holidays are just around the corner. For some, it's turkey season. For…
'Stranger Things' Season 5 Review: Our Misfits Are Ready for Battle
The seasons change. The children grow up. Monsters evolve. End of the beloved television series. The fifth and final season…
Column: Men like Trump represent what the founders fought against
George Washington was quite a man. Life handed him the keys to this new country and instead of holding on…
Presidents can no longer be trusted with pardons
Ours is a system of “checks and balances.” The president can do this or that, but the courts and Congress…
Letters to the editor: If California is not careful, it could replicate Tehran's water crisis
November 15, 2025 5 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Has Iran followed policies that allow industries to use too…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco's pioneering Democratic leader, will not seek re-election
SAN FRANCISCO— Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a pioneering San Francisco Democrat who leveraged decades of power in the U.S. House of…
Supreme Court Justices Skeptical of Trump Tariffs
WASHINGTON- Supreme Court justices on Wednesday were skeptical of President Trump's claim that he has the power to impose large…
Contributor: The three forces fueling America's 45-year debt addiction
In 1980, when President Reagan took office, the US public debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in…